The great, great grand nephew of a U.S. Civil War-era military ballooning pioneer was on hand this week in Buffalo, New York to view a local museum’s working replica of his famous ancestor’s creation. According to the Buffalo News, Terry…

The pages of military history contain a number of examples of soldiers sharing the occasional drink with their foes. For example, at the outbreak of the War of 1812, British officers stationed along the Canadian side of Niagara River were entertaining…

Some nations are known for their legendary naval exploits: The Phoenicians, Athenians, Venetians, Spaniards and English all made history on the high seas. Then there are the navies that few have never heard of and others have forgotten. And while…

THE UNITED STATES military is abandoning its recently-adopted pixelated camouflage uniforms, according to the army newspaper Stars and Stripes. The drab grey digital scheme, known as the Universal Camouflage Pattern (UCP), will be discarded after only eight years following mounting evidence that…

“A number of armies and navies have gone down in history for the cruelty, depravity and (dare we say it?) creativity of their punishments.” FREDERICK THE GREAT famously remarked that his soldiers must fear their officers more than they fear the enemy.…

“The unlikely dispute was actually part of a wider ongoing feud between two warring factions in northern Italy.” SOME WARS ARE fought for land. Others have been waged over oil. More than a few have been about abstract principles like…

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Was anyone more uneasy about Britain and France joining forces in the Crimean War (1853 to 1856) than Lord Raglan? Also known as Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, the 64-year-old commander of all of Queen Victoria’s forces in the conflict had…Read …